tamarin

Other forms: tamarins

Definitions of tamarin
  1. noun
    small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
    synonyms: leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey
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    types:
    Leontocebus rosalia, silky tamarin
    golden South American monkey with long soft hair forming a mane
    Leontocebus oedipus, pinche
    South American tamarin with a tufted head
    type of:
    marmoset
    a small, soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
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